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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the past 50 years, by what percent had infant mortality rates and deaths from heart disease fallen?
(a) 55.
(b) 70.
(c) 85.
(d) 60.

2. In the average American city between 2000 and 2022, by what percent had fuel and utilities increased?
(a) 75.
(b) 90.
(c) 45.
(d) 115.

3. In 2020 of every dollar budgeted for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), how much did poor families receive directly?
(a) 55 cents.
(b) 15 cents.
(c) 22 cents.
(d) 63 cents.

4. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many cents on the dollar did Black workers make compared to the average white worker?
(a) 59.
(b) 74.
(c) 87.
(d) 63.

5. In 2020, how many Food Lion workers in North Carolina drew food stamps?
(a) 2 in 30.
(b) 5 in 25.
(c) 1 in 17.
(d) 1 in 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vehicle did Desmond drive when he was in college?

2. When Crystal was diagnosed with mental illness, how much SSI did she receive monthly?

3. In the 1950s and 1960s, how many U.S. workers carried union cards?

4. When was Crystal Mayberry born?

5. In 2020, how much money did states have in their possession of unspent welfare funds?

(see the answer key)

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